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Mike Young
Research Fisheries Biologist at the Missoula Forestry Sciences Lab

 

email: mkyoung [at] fs.fed.us
phone: 406-542-3254

 

 

Personal Research Program

Briefing Papers

Recent Publications

 

Mike Young

 
Personal Research Program

 

Aquatic Ecology | Fisheries | Watershed Processes

  • Conservation biology of cutthroat trout (Rocky Mountain Research Station Air, Water, and Aquatic Sciences Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service Regions 1 and 2)
  • Life history patterns in boreal toads (Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, U.S. Forest Service Region 2)
  • Monitoring of stream fish populations (Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks)
  • Dynamics of fish-stream-forest interactions:  the short- and long-term roles of large wood and fire (Montana State University, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Rocky Mountain Research Station Forest and Woodlands Program, U.S. Forest Service Region 1, University of Montana)
  • Consequences, characteristics, and control of nonnative brook trout invasions (Colorado State University, Idaho Fish and Game Department, Idaho State University, Rocky Mountain Research Station Air, Water, and Aquatic Sciences Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service Region 1, U.S. Geological Survey)

 

 

Briefing Papers

 

Invasive Species - Managing for Native Trout

 

Nonnative Fish Removal

 

Detecting Mobile Boreal Toads

 

Large In-Stream Wood Studies - A Call for Common Metrics

 

Recent Publications

 

Wilcox TM, McKelvey KS, Young MK, Jane SF, Lowe WH, et al. (2013) Robust Detection of Rare Species Using Environmental DNA: The Importance of Primer Specificity. PLoS ONE 8(3): e59520. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059520

Young, Michael K.; McKelvey, Kevin S.; Pilgrim, Kristine L.; Schwartz, Michael K. 2013. DNA barcoding at riverscape scales: assessing biodiversity among fishes of the genus Cottus (Teleostei) in northern Rocky Mountain streams. Molecular Ecology. Article first published online: 16 MAR 2013, DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12091

Young, Michael K.; Schmetterling, David A. 2012. Movement and capture efficiency of radio-tagged salmonids sampled by electrofishing. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 32: 823-831.

Wenger, Seth J.; Isaak, Daniel J.; Luce, Charlie; Neville, Helen M.; Fausch, Kurt D.; Dunham, Jason B.; Dauwalter, Daniel C.; Young, Michael K.; Elsner, Marketa M.; Rieman, Bruce E.; Hamlet, Alan F.; Williams, Jack E. 2011. Flow regime, temperture, and biotic interactions drive differential declines of trout species under climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS). 108(34): 14175-14180.

Wenger, Seth J.; Isaak, Daniel J.; Dunham, Jason B.; Fausch, Kurt D.; Luce, Charlie; Neville, Helen M.; Rieman, Bruce E.; Young, Michael K.; Nagel, David E.; Horan, Dona L.; Chandler, Gwynne L.  2011.  Role of climate and invasive species in structuring trout distributions in the interior Columbia River Basin, USA.   Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science. 68: 988-1008.

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Stone, Katharine R.; Pilliod, David S.; Dwire, Kathleen A.; Rhoades, Charles C.; Wollrab, Sherry P.; Young, Michael K. 2010. Fuel reduction management practices in riparian areas of the western USA. Environmental Management. 46: 91-100.

Dwire, Kathleen A.; Rhoades, Charles C.; Young, Michael K.  2010.  Potential effects of fuel management activities on riparian areas.   In: Elliot, William J.; Miller, Ina Sue; Audin, Lisa, eds. Cumulative watershed effects of fuel management in the western United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-231. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 175-205..

Douglas P. Peterson, Bruce E. Rieman, Michael K. Young, and James A. Brammer. 2010. Modeling predicts that redd trampling by cattle may contribute to population declines of native trout. Ecological Applications. 20:954–966.

Wohl, Ellen; Cenderelli, Daniel A.; Dwire, Kathleen A.; Ryan-Burkett, Sandra E.; Young, Michael K.; Fausch, Kurt D.  2010.  Large in-stream wood studies: A call for common metrics.   Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 35: 618-625. 

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Young, M.K., David A. Schmetterling. 2009. Age-Related Seasonal Variation in Captures of Stream-Borne Boreal Toads (Bufo boreas boreas, Bufonidae) in Western Montana. Copeia 1: 117-124. doi: 10.1643/CE-07-188.

Young, Michael K.  2009.  Greenback cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii stomias): A technical conservation assessment.   Golden, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region. Online: http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/projects/scp/assessments/.

Fausch, K.D., Rieman, B.E., Dunham, J.B., Young, M.K. and Peterson, D.P.  2009 . The invasion versus isolation dilemma: tradeoffs in managing native salmonids with barriers to upstream movement.  Conservation Biology 23(4):859-870. Published Online: February 6, 2009.  DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01159.x

Lamansky, James A.; Keeley, Ernest R.; Young, Michael K.; Meyer, Kevin A.  2009.  The use of hoop nets seeded with mature brook trout to capture conspecifics.   North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 29: 10-17. 

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Young, Michael K.  2008.  Colorado River cutthroat trout: a technical conservation assessment  Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-207-WWW. Fort Collins, CO: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Station. 123 p.

Peterson, D. P., Rieman, B. E., Dunham, J. B., Fausch, K. D., and M. K. Young. 2008. Analysis of trade-offs between the threat of invasion by nonnative brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and intentional isolation for native westslope cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 65(4):557–573. 

Schmetterling, D.A., and M.K. Young.  2008.  Summer movements of boreal toads (Bufo boreas boreas) in two western Montana basins .  Journal of Herpetology 42:111-123.

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Young, M. K., G. T. Allison, and K. Foster.  2007.  Observations of boreal toads (Bufo boreas boreas) and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in south-central Wyoming and north-central Colorado.  Herpetological Review 38:  146-150.

Peterson, D.P., Rieman, B.E., Dunham, J.B., Fausch, K.D., and Young, M.K. 2007 Analyzing tradeoffs between the threat of invasion by brook trout and effects of intentional isolation for native westslope cutthroat trout. Pages 51–57 In Carline, R.F.; LoSapio, C., eds. 2007. Sustaining wild trout in a changing world; proceedings of Wild Trout IX symposium; 2007 October 9-12; West Yellowstone, Montana. 308 pages. 

Rader RB, Belish T, Young MK, Rothlisberger J. 2007. The scotopic visual sensitivity of four species of trout: a comparative study. Western North American Naturalist: Vol. 67, No. 4 pp. 524–537.

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Young, M. K., E. A. Mace, E. T. Ziegler, and E. K. Sutherland.  2006. Characterizing and contrasting instream and riparian coarse wood in western Montana basins.  Forest Ecology and Management 226:  26-40.  

Fausch, K. D., B. E. Rieman, M. K. Young, and J. B. Dunham.  2006.  Strategies for conserving native salmonid populations at risk from nonnative fish invasions: tradeoffs in using barriers to upstream movement.  USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-174.

 

 

 

Research Scientists

 

bulletBuffington, John

bulletDare, Matt

bulletDwire, Kate

bulletElder, Kelly

bulletElliot, William

bulletFoltz, Randy

bulletGoode, Jaime

bulletHubbard, Robert

bulletIsaak, Daniel

bulletLuce, Charlie

bulletMagana, Hugo

bulletMcCormick, Frank

bulletMcKean, James

bulletMusselman, Bob

bulletNeary, Daniel

bulletOverton, Kerry

bulletRhoades, Chuck

bulletRieman, Bruce

bulletRinne, John

bulletRobichaud, Pete

bulletRyan-Burkett, Sandra

bulletThurow, Russ

bulletWagenbrenner, Joe

bulletWagenbrenner, Natalie

bulletYoung, Mike


RESEARCH SUBJECT AREAS

 

 

Resources

 

Stream Temperature Modeling Website

 

Bull Trout and Climate Change - Risks, Uncertainties and Opportunities for Mapping the Future

 

Technology Transfer Program

 

Western Watersheds and Climate Change Workshop - November 17-19, 2009

 


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